The only 4 reactions you need to Twitter’s ban on political ads
9.
In addition, we need more forward-looking political ad regulation (very difficult to do). Ad transparency requirements are progress, but not enough. The internet provides entirely new capabilities, and regulators need to think past the present day to ensure a level playing field.
— jack 🌍🌏🌎 (@jack) October 30, 2019
10.
We’ll share the final policy by 11/15, including a few exceptions (ads in support of voter registration will still be allowed, for instance). We’ll start enforcing our new policy on 11/22 to provide current advertisers a notice period before this change goes into effect.
— jack 🌍🌏🌎 (@jack) October 30, 2019
11.
A final note. This isn’t about free expression. This is about paying for reach. And paying to increase the reach of political speech has significant ramifications that today’s democratic infrastructure may not be prepared to handle. It’s worth stepping back in order to address.
— jack 🌍🌏🌎 (@jack) October 30, 2019
tl;dr Twitter won’t let you buy propaganda space anymore.
We think these four reactions capture the wider opinion.
1.
This is the right thing to do for democracy in America and all over the world.
What say you, @Facebook? https://t.co/dRgipKHzUG
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 30, 2019
2.
All hail the biggest subtweet of all time 🙌 https://t.co/iGoiuqY4iC
— Dai Lama (@WelshDalaiLama) October 30, 2019
3.
Twitter: "Political reach must be earned not bought"
Facebook: "Your ad '32 reasons why corbyn will probably punch your stupid baby in the face' is now live to 50million people"
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) October 30, 2019
4.
This whole thread is absolutely brilliant. Destroys Facebook’s arguments. And demonstrates actual moral leadership. Who even knew that was possible in Silicon Valley? https://t.co/v4OMes0BGq
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 30, 2019
In spite of the widely approved move, Sleeping Giants mentioned the elephant in the room.
We’ve given this guy hell for continuing to platform Nazis, but this is an inherently good decision that @facebook is completely blowing right now.
But also, he should still get rid of the Nazis. https://t.co/yrgCcC7KRv
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) October 30, 2019
Source: @Jack, Twitter, Image: Twitter, @freestocks.org
